11 Configuring the

Oracle Network Environment

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 Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to:

• Use Enterprise Manager to:
– Create additional listeners
– Create Oracle Net Service aliases
– Configure connect-time failover
– Control the Oracle Net Listener
• Use tnsping to test Oracle Net connectivity
• Identify when to use shared servers versus
dedicated servers

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 Oracle Net Services

Application RDBMS

Oracle Net TCP/IP Oracle Net

Client or network
Listener Database server
middle tier

Oracle Net Oracle Net

configuration files configuration files

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 Oracle Net Listener

Enterprise Listener
Manager
Database
Control Oracle databases

Oracle Net
configuration files
<oracle_home>/network/admin/listener.ora
sqlnet.ora

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 Establishing Net Connections

To make a client or middle-tier connection, Oracle Net

requires the client to know the:
• Host where the listener is running
• Port that the listener is monitoring
• Protocol that the listener is using
• Name of the service that the listener is handling

Names Resolution

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 Establishing a Connection

Incoming
connection request
Listener

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 User Sessions

Server
process

User session PGA

User process

Listener

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 Tools for Configuring and Managing
the Oracle Network

• Enterprise Manager Net Services Administration

page
• Oracle Net Manager
• Oracle Net Configuration Assistant launched by
Oracle Universal Installer
• Command line

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 Listener Control Utility

Oracle Net listeners can be controlled with the

command-line lsnrctl utility (or from EM).
$lsnrctl
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 10.2.0.0.0 on 12-MAY-2005 13:27:51
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Welcome to LSNRCTL, type "help" for information.
LSNRCTL> help
The following operations are available
An asterisk (*) denotes a modifier or extended command:

start stop status

services version reload
save_config trace spawn
change_password quit exit
set* show*

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 Listener Control Utility Syntax

Commands from the listener control utility can be

issued from the command line or from the LSNRCTL
prompt.
• UNIX or Linux command-line syntax:
$ lsnrctl <command name>
$ lsnrctl start
$ lsnrctl status

• Prompt syntax:
LSNRCTL> <command name>
LSNRCTL> start
LSNRCTL> status

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 Listener Control Utility Syntax
Full Notes Page

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 Listener Home Page

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 Net Services Administration Pages

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 Creating a Listener

3
4

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 Adding Listener Addresses

5
6
7

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 Database Service Registration

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 Naming Methods

Oracle Net supports several methods of resolving

connection information:
• Easy connect naming: Uses a TCP/IP connect
string
• Local naming: Uses a local configuration file
• Directory naming: Uses a centralized
LDAP-compliant directory server
• External naming: Uses a supported non-Oracle
naming service
Client/application server
Oracle Net

Oracle Net configuration files

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 Easy Connect

• Is enabled by default
• Requires no client-side configuration
• Supports only TCP/IP (no SSL)
• Offers no support for advanced connection
options, such as:
– Connect-time failover
– Source routing
– Load balancing
SQL> CONNECT hr/hr@db.us.oracle.com:1521/dba10g

No Oracle Net configuration files

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 Local Naming

• Requires a client-side Names Resolution file

• Supports all Oracle Net protocols
• Supports advanced connection options, such as:
– Connect-time failover
– Source routing
– Load balancing

SQL> CONNECT hr/hr@orcl

Oracle Net
configuration files

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 Directory Naming

• Requires LDAP with Oracle Net Names Resolution

information loaded:
– Oracle Internet Directory
– Microsoft Active Directory Services
• Supports all Oracle Net protocols
• Supports advanced connection options

LDAP directory

SQL> CONNECT hr/hr@orcl

Oracle Net
configuration files

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 External Naming Method

• Uses a supported non-Oracle naming service

• Includes:
– Network Information Service (NIS) External Naming
– Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) Cell
Directory Services (CDS)
Non-Oracle
naming
service

Oracle Net

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 Configuring Service Aliases

Create or
edit

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 Advanced Connection Options

Oracle Net supports the following advanced

connection options with local and directory naming:
• Connect-time failover
• Load balancing
• Source routing

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 Advanced Connection Options
Full Notes Page

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 Testing Oracle Net Connectivity

The tnsping utility that tests Oracle Net service

aliases:
• Ensures connectivity between the client and the
Oracle Net Listener
• Does not verify that the requested service is
available
• Supports Easy Connect Names Resolution:
tnsping db.us.oracle.com:1521/dba10g

• Supports local and directory naming:

tnsping orcl

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 User Sessions: Dedicated Server

User sessions

Server process

Server process

Server process

Listener

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 User Sessions: Shared Servers

Dispatcher

Server process
Server process
Server process

User sessions

Listener

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 SGA and PGA

Oracle Shared Server: User session data is held in the

SGA.
SGA PGA

User Large pool and

Cursor Sort Stack
session other memory
state data space
data structures

Remember to factor in shared server memory

requirement when sizing the SGA.

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 Shared Server: Connection Pooling

The client application has been

idle past the specified time, and
Idle an incoming client requests a
client connection.

Active
client

Database The maximum

New server number of
client connections is
configured to 255.
This client connection is the 256th
connection into the server. Connection
pooling is turned on, so that this
connection can be accepted.

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 When Not to Use a Shared Server

Certain types of database work must not be performed

by using shared servers:
• Database administration
• Backup and recovery operations
• Batch processing and bulk load operations
• Data warehouse operations

Dispatcher Dedicated
Server process

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 Summary

In this lesson, you should have learned how to:

• Use Enterprise Manager to:
– Create additional listeners
– Create Oracle Net Service aliases
– Configure connect-time failover
– Control the Oracle Net Listener
• Use tnsping to test Oracle Net connectivity
• Identify when to use shared servers versus
dedicated servers

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 Practice Overview:
Working with Oracle Network Components

This practice covers:

• Configuring local Names Resolution to connect to
another database
• Creating a second listener for connect-time
failover

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